Did You Know?
- Breathing ozone irritates the lungs, resulting in something like a bad sunburn within the lungs.
Sri Lanka falls under moderately air polluted countries in world.
More than 100,000 Americans die each year from the illnesses cause by air pollution.
Ozone and particle pollution are both linked to increased risk of lower birth weight in newborns.
Colorado Springs, Seattle, Anaheim in California, Montgomery, Santa Ana, Honolulu, Virginia beach, Fort Wayne, Madison and Norfolk are the cities with best air quality in US.
Sri Lanka has the cleanest air in South Asia.
In 2016, 2 deaths from ambient air pollution and 74 from house hold air pollution has been reported in Sri Lanka.
The World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines recommend that the annual mean concentrations of PM2.5 should not exceed 10 µg/m3 and 20 µg/m3 for PM10.
WHO reports that air pollution kills 7 million people per year.
9 people out of 10 breath polluted air says WHO.
Air pollution is the fourth largest threat to human health.
94% of the deaths are from low and middle income countries.
The worst counties for air pollution deaths are Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia and Armenia.